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7619511 Directional lamp daytime running light module, fog light system and vehicular turn signal control system  
A vehicular light control system for controlling the illumination of a vehicle's external directional/turn signaling and/or hazard warning lights, by controlling continuous illumination of pairs of...
7589471 System for pre-indication of motor vehicle HID lamp feature  
Vehicle high intensity discharge lamps are available with three wire ballasts which emit a signal indicating proximate shutdown of the ballast and thus failure of the bulb energized by the ballast....
7586405 Motorcycle awareness system  
A motorcycle awareness system for use when a motorcycle is in operation in conjunction with vehicular traffic is disclosed. The motorcycle awareness system includes an infrared light emitter that...
7583451 Lens for an optical module of a lighting apparatus for a motor vehicle  
The invention provides a lens for an optical module adapted to be mounted in a lighting apparatus for a motor vehicle. The lens comprises two distinct materials associated with each other and...
7576493 Vehicle LED lamp controller used in low temperature environment  
A vehicle LED lamp controller connected between one DC power source and multiple LED elements has a starting circuit, a preheating circuit and a current limitation circuit. The starting circuit is...
7567864 Method for controlling a vehicle's lighting functionality  
A method for controlling a vehicle's lighting functionality is disclosed herein. The method may include realizing a preferred vehicle lighting configuration and transmitting a signal to the vehicle...
7566851 Headlight, taillight and streetlight detection  
A method in a computerized system including an image sensor mounted in a moving vehicle. The image sensor captures image frames consecutively in real time. In one of the image flames, a spot is...
7565006 Image acquisition and processing methods for automatic vehicular exterior lighting control  
The present invention relates to various apparatus, algorithms and methods for acquiring and processing images of a scene. Details of various aspects of the associated images are identified and may...
7541743 Adaptive vehicle communication controlled lighting system  
A vehicle safety system ( 10 ) includes a light source ( 32 ). A beam-forming assembly ( 34 ) is optically coupled to the light source ( 32 ). An object detection sensor ( 16 ) detects an object...
7535181 Method and device for ballast management in particular for a motor vehicle headlamp  
A method for managing a gas discharge lamp in particular for a motor vehicle headlamp. The method is of the type which consists in controlling initial and nominal supply powers of the lamp by means...
7531964 Discharge lamp apparatus  
In a discharge lamp apparatus for lighting a discharge lamp, a ballast is disposed outside of a lamp housing of a discharge lamp and is electrically connected to the discharge lamp through a...
7527440 Triangular vehicle light apparatus with camera  
A triangular vehicle light apparatus with camera, the invention provides both front and rear light assemblies. Both assemblies have cameras, preferably one in each of the low beams of the...
7525254 Vehicle lighting methods and apparatus  
Vehicle lighting methods and apparatus, in which an LED-based light source is configured to generate at least visible radiation associated with a vehicle. The light source is controlled such that...
7514881 Discharge lamp lighting apparatus  
The discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes a power section operating to generate a high voltage to be applied to a discharge lamp to trigger electrical discharge within the discharge lamp and...
7501767 Vehicle headlamp  
A vehicle headlamp is provided with a lamp unit, a first actuator for controlling the irradiation direction within the horizontal plane, a second actuator for controlling the irradiation direction...
7482765 Lighting control apparatus of lighting device for vehicle  
When a forward direction voltage of any of several LEDs 14 to 20 is lowered, a drain voltage of an NMOS transistor 70 employed in any of series regulators 24 to 30 becomes higher than a...
7482763 Non-PWM vehicle lamp dimming arrangement  
This invention provides an arrangement for selectively varying the illumination level of an interior light source in a vehicle. The arrangement includes supplying a current to at least one interior...
7482756 Directional lamp daytime running light module and vehicular turn signal control system  
A vehicular lighting control system for controlling the illumination of a vehicle's external directional/turn signaling and/or hazard lighting, by controlling continuous illumination of pairs of...
7453213 High-pressure discharge lamp and illumination apparatus having a high-pressure discharge lamp  
The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp, in particular a vehicle headlight high-pressure discharge lamp, having a lamp base, in whose interior is arranged a starting apparatus for...
7446488 Metal halide lamp ballast controlled by remote enable switched bias supply  
A vehicle lighting system receives power from a power supply and includes a lighting control module, a lamp, and a ballast having a bias control circuit. The lighting control module provides a...
7443050 Power device for multiple light sources with switching and charge pump circuit  
To control individually a plurality of loads to be turned on by combining a switching regulator with a charge pump circuit using some of the components of the switching regulator. An LED is...
7438458 Independent lighting energy interruption system and method  
An auxiliary lighting energy interruption system for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such auxiliary lighting...
7429825 Headlight beam control system and headlight beam control method  
A headlight beam control system includes an image taking apparatus for capturing an image to the rear of the user's vehicle and for generating image data from the captured image, a following...
7415338 Apparatus for controlling auxiliary equipment of vehicle  
An apparatus for controlling operation of auxiliary equipment of a vehicle by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the surrounding of the vehicle and an output of...
7414524 Lighting control circuit for vehicle lighting equipment  
A higher voltage out of a battery voltage applied to an ignition voltage terminal or a control voltage applied to a control voltage terminal is supplied to a switching regulator via a diode. Then,...
7408478 Area of representation in an automotive night vision system  
A method for detecting surroundings by an automotive night vision system comprising several areas, including a detection area ( 3 ) in which surroundings related data is detected, an evaluation...
7408136 Vehicle vision based systems having improved light source distinguishing features  
An imaging system for use in a vehicle headlamp control system includes an opening, an image sensor, a red lens blocking red complement light between the opening and the image sensor, and a red...
7400266 Method for improving vision in a motor vehicle  
A method, a device and a processing unit for improving visibility in a motor vehicle are described, a light source of the motor vehicle illuminating an illumination range. At least one monitoring...
7378753 Vehicular automatic light control apparatus  
A headlight is turned on if an external illuminance value outside of the vehicle is equal to or lower than a first threshold value if the non-rainfall state is judged from windshield wiper...
7374320 Vehicular headlamp apparatus  
A control unit of a vehicular headlamp apparatus can selectively perform steering angle control and navigation-cooperative control. The steering angle control operates a drive mechanism based on a...
7372055 Night vision infrared illuminator  
An illuminator assembly is provided for supplying night vision illumination. The assembly includes a support housing and an infrared illumination source. An infrared reflector receives the...
7368885 Lighting controller for lighting device for vehicle  
A lighting controller for a lighting device for a vehicle includes a semiconductor light source; a power source for supplying electric power; and control circuitry for receiving the electric power...
7361875 Vehicle headlamp control utilizing a light sensor having at least two light transducers  
Equipment on automotive vehicle is controlled by a system including at least one semiconductor light sensor having variable sensitivity to light. Each light sensor generates a light signal...
7352467 Surface plasmon resonance imaging system and method  
A surface plasmon resonance imaging system ( 40 ) and method is provided. The system ( 40 ) includes a light source ( 42 ) comprising a light-emitting diode (LED) array that is positioned at the...
7339321 Discharge-lamp ballast in particular for a vehicle headlight  
Ballast comprising input terminals receiving a DC voltage coming from a supply source on the vehicle, a chopping supply circuit functioning at a predetermined chopping frequency in order to supply...
7332877 Light controller  
A light controller capable of varying the brightness of a light emitting diode in a linear manner. The light controller may control a number of lights in a predetermined pattern or in a pattern...
7332830 Rainfall determination apparatus and method  
A rainfall determination apparatus for determining rainfall based on data relating to a wiping operation of a wiper. The apparatus includes a detection device for detecting the wiping operation...
7329994 Lighting system for vehicle  
A lighting system for a vehicle includes a lamp and a deciding circuit to detect the number of abnormal light emitting elements or the abnormal elements in the lamp. The deciding circuit may be...
7327203 PWM signal generation circuit and PWM control circuit  
A PWM signal generation circuit and a PWM control circuit are provided in which the duty ratio is easily changed and which can also avoid adverse impact from ambient temperature changes and the...
7309960 Vehicular lamp with current controlling unit  
There is provided a vehicular lamp that can inform walkers or drivers in the other vehicles of the existence of the moving vehicle even where the circumference of the vehicle is bright by emitting...
7307385 Boost controller capable of step-up ratio control  
A charge pump circuit boosts a voltage of a battery so as to generate a drive voltage for an LED. A constant current circuit generates a constant current to feed through the LED. A monitoring...
7301285 Control method for discharge lamp  
A method for controlling a discharge lamp by a power controlling device on an automobile vehicle includes a starting step and a switching step. The device supplies electricity to the lamp. In the...
7294968 Signal transmisson system and vehicular lamp  
There is provided a vehicular lamp that can be miniaturized by reducing signal lines connected to a vehicle main body. The vehicular lamp that is used for a vehicle includes a light source unit,...
7282864 Discharge lamp and control of the same  
A discharge tube is driven by a multiple-phase drive circuit, and includes a discharge container having an internal discharge space and multiple electrodes that are secured to the discharge...
7279640 Wiring harness  
A wiring harness kit that includes a main extension portion and a utility extension portion. The main extension portion is electrically coupled at its first end to the host vehicle's electrical...
7268497 Lighting device with night light and human body sensing capability  
A lighting device with night light and human body sensing capability includes a first illumination device, a second illumination device, a sensor and a main body. The first illumination device is...
7265501 Mobile light  
A mobile light is disclosed that produces a high level of illumination without glare using the DC power of a vehicle's battery and charging system. The mobile light uses a high-intensity discharge...
7252417 Bending light and dipped beam headlamp for a motor vehicle  
The bonding light and dipped beam headlamp for a motor vehicle comprises at least two light sources with at least one first source having a cut-off of the dipped beam type and at least one second...
7241028 Lighting apparatus for vehicle  
A lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes at least one additional lamp provided on a left side of a front of the vehicle; at least one additional lamp provided on a right side of the front of the...
7239231 Light control device for vehicle  
In a light control device for a vehicle, a control portion determines whether an illuminance detected by an illuminance sensor reaches a first reference illuminance, and performs a turning on or...